President Donald J. Trump Approves California Disaster Declaration

Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of California and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires beginning on December 4, 2017, and continuing.

Federal funding is available to the State and to eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the wildfires in the counties of Santa Barbara and Ventura.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.